....So many questions have arisen out of this (assassination of
Comrade Anil Barua by ULFA). There are people who go on saying that regionalism
is basically a question associated with the issue of self-determination of a
nationality and hence must be supported. This is a valid proposition seen from
the point of view of principles. But it is not necessary that every struggle for
the self-determination of a nationality or for regionalism is a progressive one.
There is no such formula. So the question of support or opposition, to these
movements must be ascertained by judging their attitude towards democratic
movements. What we see today is that regional parties like Telugu Desham, AGP,
Akali Dal are all leaning towards the BJP, the rabid communal force. We have
seen the Khalistanis and now we see the ULFA, for both of whom the target today
is the left forces. Today these things are coming to the surface because there
has been large-scale protests against Anilda's assassination. But even earlier
they have killed many workers of CPI-CPI(M). Activists of the PCC have also been
killed. Their movement today has become dependent on funding from Tata Tea.
Their camps are being organised in Bangladesh, Rawalpindi and Karachi. They are
arranging international passports with elan and they are amassing funds of
crores of rupees. And as these aspects in their movement gradually grow, they
take a more and more anti-left position. The murder of Comrade Anil Brooah is a
symptom which shows that ULFA is no more a democratic or progressive force.
Hence their 'Free Assam' promises to be nothing but a fascist Assam.... They had
declared after the elections that 53% of the Assamese population who voted in
the elections are not Indian citizens and so don't have any right to stay in
Assam. They will have to leave Assam within a month. They have issued this order
to at least 50 lakhs of Assamese people. Our Party will continue its struggle
with greater vigour against this barbarism.